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Art Curating

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

No. Course learning outcome
1 Understand and deploy key skills and aptitudes of the curatorial profession and its related professions in both commercial and public institutions.
2 Demonstrate specific disciplinary knowledge in art history including understanding of materials, techniques and systems of interpretation.
3 Understand, at an advanced level, the history and theory of museums and galleries as institutions, and the future direction of the curatorial field.
4 Engage with real museum exhibition and curatorial spaces, and with objects in situ, in confident and critical ways.
5 Understand and appreciate the working conditions and constraints of arts professionals and engage with real world events and practices.
6 Demonstrate high-level collaborative and leadership skills through self-directed and supervised project-based assessments.
7 Demonstrate advanced research skills through sustained research-oriented writing projects in visual arts.